A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
Cicero
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
necessity mind experience
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
age
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
manners man character
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved.
man character
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
force speed character
A man of courage is also full of faith.
man faith
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
mistakes man
Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
man
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
rules man mind
He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.
I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
virtues ability glory man education
It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.
nobility man
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
purpose man
No sane man will dance.
dance man
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